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| Saturday 2nd October 2010 | ||
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| Stunning news concerned a dead Rufous-tailed Robin picked
up on North Ronaldsay, Orkney Isles - only the second British record. Other new
rarities discovered today included a Baikal Teal in Essex at Maldon, an American
Buff-bellied Pipit in County Galway at Truska, Black-throated Thrush
in Highland at Melvich, Red-breasted Goose between Hampshire and West
Sussex, Hornemann's Arctic Redpoll in County Cork at Three Castles Head, Wilson's
Phalarope in Norfolk at Welney, White-rumped Sandpiper in County
Wexford at Tacumshin and a Siberian Stonechat in Cornwall at Nanquidno. Once again the Shetland Isles stood out today with a Swainson's Thrush, American Buff-bellied Pipit, Blyth's Reed Warbler, two Booted Warblers and Radde's Warbler all on Mainland, Lanceolated Warbler and Hornemann's Arctic Redpoll on Fair Isle, Black-headed Bunting, Olive-backed Pipit and Citrine Wagtail on Out Skerries, Hornemann's Arctic Redpoll on Unst and Red-throated Pipit on Whalsay with a supporting cast of Corncrake, two Short-toed Larks, three each of Buff-breasted Sandpiper and Common Rosefinch, four Little Buntings, five Bluethroats, six Red-breasted Flycatchers, 11 Barred Warblers, 32 Yellow-browed Warblers and 181 Lapland Buntings. Meanwhile on the Scilly Isles the Spotted Sandpiper remains alongside Woodchat Shrike, Red-breasted Flycatcher, Pectoral Sandpiper, two Lapland Buntings and a Spoonbill. Elsewhere, lingering rarities comprised the House Crow in County Cork, Hornemann's Arctic Redpoll in Northumberland, American Herring Gull in County Kerry, Spotted Sandpiper in Devon, King Eider in Suffolk, Lesser Scaup in Warwickshire, Glossy Ibises in County Wexford (3), Devon (3) and Dorset, two Ferruginous Ducks together in Somerset and Ross's Geese in Lothian (2) and Dumfries and Galloway. |
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| - Chris Batty, RBA | ||
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